Walter E. Holt, Jr., photographs of the Frear family and letter from J. Allen Frear, Jr.
Scope and Contents
The Walter E. Holt, Jr., photographs of the Frear family and letter from J. Allen, Frear, Jr. contains seven photographic portraits taken between 1954 and 1957 by Walter E. Holt, Jr. of Delaware Senator J. Allen Frear, Jr., his wife, Esther Frear, their son Fred, and their daughter Clara. Also included is a letter from Senator Frear to Walter Holt, believed to be the photographer's father.
Dates
- Creation: circa 1951-1957
Creator
- Holt, Walter, E., Jr. (Photographer, Person)
Language of Materials
Materials entirely in English.
Access Information
This collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Use of materials from this collection beyond the exceptions provided for in the Fair Use and Educational Use clauses of the U.S. Copyright Law may violate federal law. Permission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. Please contact Special Collections Department, University of Delaware Library, https://library.udel.edu/static/purl.php?askspec
Biographical / Historical
Walter J. Holt, Jr., grew up in Dover, Delaware, and his family was good freiends of the Frear family. In 1954, as a senior at Dover High School, Holt made individual portraits of the Frear family. He graduated with a Bachelors of Fine Arts from the Universtiy of Delaware in 1958, and had a 45-year career in photography.
Extent
8 item
1 CD-R
Abstract
The Walter E. Holt, Jr., photographs of the Frear family and letter from J. Allen, Frear, Jr. contains seven photographic portraits taken between 1954 and 1957 by Walter E. Holt, Jr. of Delaware Senator J. Allen Frear, Jr., his wife, Esther Frear, their son Fred, and their daughter Clara. Also included is a letter from Senator Frear to Walter Holt, believed to be the photographer's father.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Walter E. Holt, Jr., 2021.
Shelving Summary
Box 1, Item 0008: Shelved in SPEC GRA 0098 manuscript boxes
Processing Information
Processed and encoded by John D. M. Caldwell, March 2021.
Subject
- Frear, J. Allen, Jr. (Person)
Genre / Form
Geographic
Topical
- Title
- Finding aid for Walter E. Holt, Jr., photographs of the Frear family and letter from J. Allen, Frear, Jr.
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- University of Delaware Library, Special Collections
- Date
- 2021 March 4
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the University of Delaware Library Special Collections Repository